Got some Serrano peppers... Now What?

[Ka Honu]

Just sprinkle it on stuff like you would hot sauce.  I use a Worcestershire bottle - just the right size and has the little pourer thingie so it doesn't all come out at once.

[Quarlow]

Sounds good. I got that down inthe recipes to try file. Thanks turtle.

[squirtthecat]

Game on!

[FLBentRider]

Nice load.

Whatcha makin?

[squirtthecat]

Nice load.

Whatcha makin?

I'm going to start with this concoction from Pachanga:

picked a bag of red serranos the other day, stemmed them and simmered them for 20 minutes with 1/3 white vinegar, 1/3 cider vinegar and 1/3 chicken stock along with an Ancho, a Pasilla and a few red jalapenos, sea salt and some fresh cracked pepper.  I then took a stick blender to them.  It made a really nice hot sauce to be used straight or as a flavoring.  It will keep indefinitely.

I don't have those other peppers, so I'm going to go with the serranos, vinegars, sea salt, Malabar pepper and maybe a few shakes of Soileau's.   Our breakfast crowd at the office consumes a lot of hot sauce every morning - so I'll spring it on them.

[FLBentRider]

Nice load.

Whatcha makin?

I'm going to start with this concoction from Pachanga:

picked a bag of red serranos the other day, stemmed them and simmered them for 20 minutes with 1/3 white vinegar, 1/3 cider vinegar and 1/3 chicken stock along with an Ancho, a Pasilla and a few red jalapenos, sea salt and some fresh cracked pepper.  I then took a stick blender to them.  It made a really nice hot sauce to be used straight or as a flavoring.  It will keep indefinitely.

I don't have those other peppers, so I'm going to go with the serranos, vinegars, sea salt, Malabar pepper and maybe a few shakes of Soileau's.   Our breakfast crowd at the office consumes a lot of hot sauce every morning - so I'll spring it on them.

Sounds good. I need to get some peppers. Plants did not make it this year.

[squirtthecat]

Ka Honu's 'Pepper Water' sounds interesting as well..     I'll keep an eye out for a small chunk of fresh ginger.

When the humidity drops below a 1000 percent, I'll dig my dehydrator out of the attic..

[Ka Honu]

Ka Honu's 'Pepper Water'

Hardly mine but in the interest of authenticity, it's called "Chili Pepper Water" and pronounced "Chili Peppah Watah."  If one were to ask one's host for some to compliment the taste of the poke (raw fish cubes with some other stuff), the proper request would be, "Eh brah, get chili peppah watah for go wit' da poke?"

I'll keep an eye out for a small chunk of fresh ginger.

Speaking of ginger, I use it frequently but usually in fairly small amounts - a teaspoon or so at a time.  Since it comes in larger chunks, I peel it and put in a plastic bag in the freezer.  Keeps for quite a while and I can slice or grate what I need off the root as I need it.

[squirtthecat]

Good to know!  Thx.

[squirtthecat]

Mrs came home with a bag of these..



(serrano placed for scale)

[Pachanga]

Squirt,

I made some more Serrano Salsa.  Photos are posted under Non-Smoked Recipes.

Good luck and spice it up,

Pachanga